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It's just aboiut having hardware that is powerfull enough to encode->send and receive->decode two 720p or 1080p video streams using h264 or Mpeg4 in realtime. The PS3 for sure can do this, probably also that a dual core computer can also.]]>Oct 23rd 2006 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/
In any case, the point of TelePresence doesn't seem to be about just "doing it", it seems to be about the whole experience - having it feel like you're in the same room.]]>Oct 23rd 2006 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/Oct 23rd 2006 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/
You could actually _be_ in the same room pretty often for a lot less than $300K. Seems like a waste of money. I guess this is for execs who think they are too busy to meet in person, but powerful enough to show up the other guy their expensive toys.]]>Oct 23rd 2006 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/
A telepresence call can have a meeting with 8 people, if not more on 4 screens and share data.
If a team of individuals needs to meet, they schedule it and wait.

with time to market being important, cutting production time on projects effects the bottom line.
So it is not for execs. It is for salesman, tech support, developers and others who make business profitable.

Take one trip to Banglagore and realize most US execs don't want to spend 50 hours traveling each way.
Imagine how much more control you have over your outsourced projects if you have telepresence.]]>Jul 30th 2007 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/
We have a set of these, one on the west coast and one on the east. Not to sound like a Cisco Fanboy (do those exist?) but when I saw this demo running between sites with all threes screens running 1080p, it blew my socks off. I mean really... I was standing there in front of my coworkers barefoot. It was then I was thankful that they could not smell my nekkid feet as well as they could see them.

The only downside so far is the brand new polycom we have in another room looks like a 1994 logitech quickcam in comparison. And I have to budget for more shoes every time I go in the "good" conference room.]]>Oct 23rd 2006 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/
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http://media.podtech.net/media/2006/10/PID_001243/Podtech_ciscofinal.mov]]>Oct 23rd 2006 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/
Having said that this stuff is pretty cool but still it's science fiction because regular people cannot use it. so, wtf, as they say.

How about ichat using a hi def video camera? I tried it but unfortunately I was the one with the camera so I couldn't see what the quality looked like.

I will say though that an ichat with the external isight camera can go full screen (mine is 20inch) and the quality is totally amazing for sound also.

waddo
http://www.waddo.net/]]>Oct 23rd 2006 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.telesuite.com/
They just used direct T1's between the locations at that time.]]>Oct 23rd 2006 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/
old tech.

Yawn.]]>Oct 24th 2006 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/
2 - Lifesize is not actually that good, motion is terrible and the audio is rubbish caused by poor mics (our's are sitting in our stores gathering dust)

3 - Life size is not 1080 Cisco is

4 - Halo is not 1080 Cisco is (though I will conceed that some people rate Halo as better quality, we'll see when we get one of those as well)

5 - Eye contact does work (though needs carefull adjustment) in conjunction with the panning audio you do feel much more interactive.

6 - Yes it not cheap but it will pay for itself very quickly.

7 - This is seriously good for the industry we have Tandberg, Polycom and Lifesize working from the 'lower' end and Cisco woking from the 'top' end there will soon be a sweet spot that will provide affordable 1080 videoconferencing with a much better feeling of presence.

IMO :)]]>Oct 24th 2006 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/
Nice though. ]]>Oct 24th 2006 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/
Secondly, eye contact is preserved even when looking into the screen. Only when you are sitting at the ends of the table is eye contact slightly off.

Third, the tech is NEW regardless of similar systems on the market. Cisco has 25 patents pending and it is standards based. Video is based on h.264 and audio is based on AAC.]]>Oct 24th 2006 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/Oct 24th 2006 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/
http://www.speckdesign.com]]>Oct 24th 2006 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/
Most importantly, though, is the codecs they're using. They're unlike any used by any other remotely similar system, providing on-the-fly H.264 video encoding. And 10Mbps (not Gbps) is an amazing speed to pull off for three 1080p panels running simultaneously.

From everything I've heard about it recently it's a see-it-to-believe-it technology. Nothing you read about it can properly prepare you for experiencing it. Once you do you believe.]]>Oct 24th 2006 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/You cannot tell the difference betwwen any of them. People asked the vendors were they HD ,1080, 720 and NO ONE could tell the difference.

check out http://www.telanetix.com

Their system sells for 60K per 4 screen system.
companies can realize an ROI in 6 months. Not bad for cool technology.

As far as desk top video, its not for projects or enterprise. might as well just use the phone.]]>Jul 30th 2007 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.sony-conferencing.com/]]>Aug 30th 2007 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/23/ciscos-telepresence-meeting-does-video-meetings-in-ultra-hd/
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1185097602]]>Oct 10th 2007 2:45AM